Check whether full disk encryption is active?

Question

Quick question. Is there a way to check if full disk encryption is active in elementary OS?

Eduard

Answer 1

In terminal use ls -A /home command.

If there is .ecryptfs folder then it's encrypted. :)

Answer 2

You can boot from a liveusb and attempt to mount your partitions. I you are prompted for a passphrase then It's encrypted. Just to be sure it was done correctly. :)